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October 17, 2006
India may quit EU-led GPS project
India’s participation in the Galileo project, a satellite navigation system being developed by EU and European Space Agency, expected to rival the United States’ GPS (global positioning system), has run into the hard ground realities of security concerns. India... continue reading.
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October 10, 2006
Google Maps in 42 lines of code
Here is a quick and dirty hack to perform mobile GPS-referenced Google Map searches on your laptop (e.g., where's the next coffee shop around here?). 42 lines, about half of them comments. I put this small demo together for... continue reading.
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GPS Ranger and the Zoo Ranger
Bar Z Adventures, a leading provider of handheld educational GPS (Global Positioning System) technology, announced today the development of two new products, the GPS Ranger(tm) and the Zoo Ranger(tm). These innovative touring devices deliver multimedia content based on satellite recognition... continue reading.